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 utes, I tell you missus, I felt mighty bad too. I tried to comfort 'em, and told 'em how the Lord Jesus knew it all and how we must go to him with all our troubles, and how he liked little children and took 'em in his arms, and they seemed to feel a heap better. My young master was always very kind to me, and when David got over it a little bit, and wanted to marry me, he let us have a little cottage close by where he used to come very often, and that was the trouble, missus, he come too often. He made me presents, that ring she carried off, (throwing down her pipe and stamping her foot with great vehemence on the floor) ha, ha, I hope she's run off. He never thought of my runnin' off, but freedom's sweeter 'n any thing else. My husband was sold before one year was out, torn away from his two children, for I had a little baby then, and I never shall forget how he catched it up and kissed it that mornin' 'afore I was up, and said 'good bye Chrissy, I've got to leave you,' and was hurried off without giving me a chance to say a word. Then I took to his oldest child more'n ever. He looked just like his father, and 'peared as if he was almost speakin' to me when I heard him talk, but before I had time to get over it he was sold too. My young master was still good to me and tried to comfort me, saying, my baby never should be sold, for he wouldn't permit it, and the blessed Jesus took it to himself soon after. Though I was all alone then, it was nothin' like its bein' sold, for I knew where it was and it wouldn't suffer no more. Well, one night after my young master had gone away, pretty much as he has now